Photographer's Note

This is a picture of the "pan de jamon" (ham bread), one of the traditional Venezuelan X-mas dishes. It is a bread filled with ham, raisins and olives. This sweet - salty combination is really delicious. I took this picture at a Christmas party a couple of years ago. I sharpened a bit and removed a grey shadow that made the bread look unnatural. I hope it is as appealing to you as it is to me.

"This delicious and succulent Venezuelan christmas dish, is said to have its origin in the 1950s. At that time a huge number of European immigrants came to Venezuela, Italians and Portuguese became famous by their bakeries. It is said that during Christmas, to bring more clients, an Italian baker introduced a bread stuffed with, ham, olives and raisins and promoted it as a special Christmas dish. Nowadays, a Venezuelan Christmas dinner without Pan de Jamon is unthinkable."